[6-text p 439]
ffor more solempne in euery mannes sight
þis feste was and gretter of costage
Than was þe reuel of hire mariage
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¶ fful many a ȝeer in hih prosperite
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lyuen þise tuo in concord and in reste
And richely his douȝter maryed he
vnto a lord on of þe worþieste
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Of alle ytayle þanne and pes & reste
his wyues fader in his court he kepeþ
Til þat his soule out of his body creepeþ
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¶ his sone succediþ in his heritage
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In reste and pees after his fader day
And fortunat eek was in mariage
Al putte he not his wijf in gret assay
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This world is not so strong it is no nay
As it haþ ben in olde tyme ȝore
And herkneþ what þis auctor seiþ þerfore
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This story is sayd not for þat wyues scholde
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ffolwen grisilde as in humilite
ffor it were importable þough þey wolde
But for þat euery wight in his degre
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Schulde be constante in aduersite
As was Grisilde þerfore Petrayke writeþ
þis story which he wiþ his stile enditeþ
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ffor siþþe a womman was so paciente
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vnto a mortel man wel more vs ouȝte
Resceyuen al in gree þat god vs sente
ffor grete skiles he preeueþ þat he wrouȝte
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But he ne tempteþ no man þat he brouȝte
As seiþ seint Iame ȝif ȝe his pistil rede
He preueþ folk alday it is no drede [folio 144b]
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